The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-27


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Railway Advocate.
On Time, Not on Eternity.
A Brooklyn man who had bad record for
buying goods on the instalment plan and
never paying for them, went into a Fulton
street furniture house and asked if he could
get parlor suit on time.
eyes, said the dealer. sYou can buy
anything you want here on time, but not on
eternity
The man didn't buy-New York World.
Too Much of a Good Thing.
A pretty little bonnet
Is deserving of sonnet,
For pretty face within is q vision OF delight,
But hat Of seven stories,
Though bedecked with floral glories,
And with feathers and with ribbons, makes
girl a perfect fright
Boston Courier.
An Intelligent Servant.
Great Amateur Actress to servant)-How
stupid of you, Bridget told you that was
not to be at home to anybody.
Bridget-But the gintleman sed, mum, that
he is the largest soap manufacturer in the
country.
Great Amateur Actress (hastily)-Oh, ten
the gentleman will be down at once.-Iife.
Inscription for q CHIMNEY.
As sparks of fire
To heaven aspire,
So by thy life
A heavenward strife;
Then meath thy pail
Not ashes all.
But fire whose flame
Shall write thy name.
Washington Star.
Necessary Protection.
First Worshiper-Why are you wearing
those big thick earmuffs, Smith, it isn't cold2
Second Worshiper-I am going to church.
$50 am I; but what of that?"
ave have discharged our choir and are
going to ha ge congregational singing to-day"
It'd Bits.
The Ladies' Hats Again.
The season is here
For coed feeling and cheer,
And the ladies will doubtless be good,
And relegate that most obnoxious hat
To innocuous desuetude.
Boston Courier
Nothing Mean About Him.
Servant-The man who brought this bin
says he is tired coming out here SO far to col
lect this bill.
Col Yerger (who never pays anybody
Tell him I say he can hire house in this
neighborhood n he wants to.-Tsxas Siftings.
Now bad habits come to grief
As turn again the leaf
That's new.
And for ten fifteen days
We do bid our former ways
,Adieu.
A Feathered DefauIter.
A Californian shot wild goose the other
day. and In its claw discovered a IS gold
piece which was coined fifteen years before
in New Orleans. The goose was probably
making for Canada with its boodle.-Burlin2
ton Free Press
He Ought to be Cuesned.
Adoctor near old Fort Du Quesne,
Whose duty it was to cure puesne,
Loved maid, and he kissed her
In order to blister
The girl who, he said was insuesne.
Cincinnati Times-StAB.
she Had the Money.
Young Mani love your daughter, sir, and
would like to make her my wife.
Father-What are your prospects!
Young Mani think they'll be pretty good
If you'll say yes-Tid Bits.
The Poor Paragraph1st.
He thought that fate wastoo unkind.
And disa ppointment thrilled
His bosom when he rose to find
His hose with chestnuts filed.
Boston Courier.
The First Course Unsuccessful.
Mistress Ito new cook)-Bridget, the soup is
quite cold. Didn't I tell you to warm the
tureen?
Bridget-Yis, mum, but shure an Oh
thought the soup would warrum the toorana
New York Sun.
The Inevitable.
They say it's hard to teach
Old dogs to do new tricks.
But still you'll have to write
This for the y.
-Dansvil1e Breeze
As Viewed in Alabama.
He may not lave been on a spree. but it
looks hlar-ed suspicious TO see man fu.IF
out OF bed, put his foos through his silk hat
and then swear because he can't find the other
leg.-Huntsville Mercury.
A Lakeside Musing.
nap in church is not the thing
To be INDUCED in twice;
Yet Of nap we have to say,
It's noddy, but it's nice.
Chicago Herald.
Good News from Boston.
Several poets have sworn off for 1ss7.-Bos
ton Record.